August 15, 1914: Panama Canal Opens On this day in 1914, an American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, called the Panama Canal, opened. The canal connected the world’s two largest oceans (the Atlantic and the Pacific) and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower. Watch the American Experience documentary on the turmoil surrounding the building of the Panama Canal.
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August 15, 1914: Panama Canal Opens

On this day in 1914, an American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, called the Panama Canal, opened. The canal connected the world’s two largest oceans (the Atlantic and the Pacific) and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower.

Watch the American Experience documentary on the turmoil surrounding the building of the Panama Canal.

Source: to.pbs.org

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    Just think: We get fusion power working, put...big fuck-off plant down there to desalinate...
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